A little bit about me ...

Hi I'm Dawn, married to Mick with one daughter Dannii. I’ve always been reasonably creative but in the last few years been getting into Scrapbooking & Cardmaking a lot more seriously. I love anything to do with papercrafting, and I know I am going to enjoy sharing my love of rubber stamping with papercrafters all over the UK.

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Sunday, 29 November 2009

The challenge on A Passion for Papertrey this time round is bling up our projects. I was already making some notebooks as Thank You/Stocking Filler Christmas presents for family and friends, so thought I'd incorporate bling into one or two of them .... hmmm ....... I really struggled adding the bling ...

I've made several of these notebooks, I love them, can't stop making them now :O)

The first one is a straight copy from one Lisa Johnson made a few months ago - isn't it gorgeous! The second I just started playing - maybe I'm getting a bit more of my mind back again (maybe)

Friday, 20 November 2009

I really struggled to find something to post about this week as I haven't been anywhere near my craft room since the flu hit me a fortnight ago! I'm still down with it, going back to the Doc this afternoon in the hope that he can give me some sort of miracle drug that will give me head back!!

These are the card fronts DH will put in the post this afternoon for me,

they are part of the Inspired by the Catty Swap being held over on In Love with Stamping. We each got to choose one of the many card samples in the Stampin Up Catalogue and then CASE it, we could change the colours etc, but had to stick to the same layout etc. I chose the card on page 20, using Silent Night. Luckily I'd done almost all the work a couple of weeks ago otherwise there is no way I'd have met the deadline (I swear I've got tissues stuffed in my head at the moment).

Saturday, 14 November 2009

The Passion for Papertrey Challenge 17 - Think Christmas - well it took me over a week to complete this card! I can't belive how ill I've been, I picked up a sickness bug last week which I managed to get rid of for the weekend, went away for the weekend, probably wasn't a good idea although it was a great weekend, but then on Sunday afternoon I started with the sniffles, which on Monday turned into something more. I've had something close to flu all week, my energy levels are pretty close to zero, every muscle in my body aches, I am sooo tired, I can't stop coughing - but all I can think about is ... getting back into my craft room .... how sad am I LOL

Anyway back to the card ...

As soon as this challenge was posted I knew that I had to play with my new PTI stash (as soon as it arrived) .... Holiday Button Bits IS BRILLIANT :O)

Talking about swaps, I recently signed up to the Cybercrop on UKScrappers which will be taking place over the weekend of Friday 13th - Sunday 15th November in an attempt to get me using up some of my stash and perhaps actually making a layout or six or ten ..... One of the pre-crop swaps is to put together a “pot of gold” for your swappee. The pot needed to include something like 10 buttons, 10 eyelets, 10 lengths of ribbon, etc The aim was to fill a decorated/altered, small gift bag/small tub (or something similar).... I didn't have anything of the like so I used a Lauren Meader template 'Tucked Away'

Wednesday, 4 November 2009

Did anybody else love Craig Revel Horwood's poppy on Strictly? I can't afford a Swarovski Crystal one, so I thought I'd have a play with one I bought already this year with a few of my craft supplies, what do you think ...

Still no crafting, been unwell, I managed to pick up one of those awful sickness bugs but I've got to get better for the weekend, we're off to France for Remembrance Weekend

But I have been cheered up - The lovely Aimes has awarded me a blog award, if you haven't already seen Aimes' work, please pop over and have a look, she has some fab ideas, espeically on how to give a gift of money in some inspirational ways ....

As with most awards, it comes attached with rules ....Pass this award on to five people, post on their blog to let them know you left this award, and then answer a list of questions in ONE word.

1. Where is your cell phone? sofa2. Your hair? down3. Your mother? always there4. Your father? Lanzarote5. Your favorite food? Bangers & Mash6. Your dream last night? That requires sleep right ....7. Your favorite drink? Green tea8. Your dream/goal? Not to have to work full time9. What room are you in? Lounge10. Your hobby? Crafting11. Your fear? Spiders12. Where do you want to be in 6 years? Spain13. Where were you last night? Bed14. Something that you aren't? Fit15. Muffins? Yuk16. Wish list item? PTI17. Where did you grow up? Germany18. Last thing you did? Drive home from work19. What are you wearing? Pyjamas20. Your TV? On21. Your Pets? 5 cats and a dog22. Friends? lots23. Your life? busy24. Your mood? Poorly25. Missing Someone? Yes, daughter26. vehicle? MX527. Something your not wearing? undies28. Your favorite store? department29. Your favorite color? Pink30. When was the last time you laughed? Yesterday?31. Last time you cried? Can't remember32. Your best friend? Mick, my husband33. One place that I go to over and over? Work34. Facebook? Yes35. Favorite place to eat? Italian

I guess anyone who has bothered to read this has learned something about me, I'm now going to pass this onto some women whose work I really love KateMonica, Clare, Steph,

Tuesday, 3 November 2009

My friend Siobhan has started something over on her blog which I've decided to take part in because I think it sounds like a FABULOUS idea, see what you think .....

1.Everyone who leaves a comment on any blog post this month will go into a draw. On the last day of the month I will randomly choose three names for whom I will make a little handmade ‘something’. It will be a surprise and it will arrive on your doorstep when you least expect it!

2. I will have 365 days to do it in (although I will endeavour to complete it in time for Christmas). So what's the catch? To get a handmade gift from me, you have to play too. This means YOU have to pledge to send a little handmade something to three readers of your blog. It doesn't have to be scrapbooky or cardy - just handmade.

3. You must have a blog. (obviously!)

4. BEFORE you comment here, you must post about your Pay It Forward on your blog to keep the fun going, and display the Pay It Forward button.

I will include anyone who follows the above rules. Remember - you got a full year so plenty of time to actually do the PIF ...

While I've got you, Siobhan made me aware of this charity and I wondered if anyone reading would be willing to to join?

Post Pals is an organisation that arranges for cards, letters and even gifts to be sent to seriously ill children.

I have committed to send a card to each of the featured post pals, and am sending a mini-kit of stash to them to create their own cards or other works of art ....

Stampin Up have come up with another way to help us crafters ... They've created a Christmas Gift Giving Guide ......

To help you make your Christmas cards, create gifts for friends, gifts for neighbours, stocking fillers or find the perfect presents for crafters, all of course perfectly colour coordinated. Check out the Gift List with loads of great gift suggestions, or ideas to make things to give as gifts.

Even more good news, from the 1st November until 29th December, when you spend £45 on products featured in the guide, you’ll receive a FREE Tag Punch or Small Tag Punch worth £12.50! And there’s no limit to the number of free punches you can earn – you’ll get one for every £45 you spend on items from the Gift-Giving Guide. That’s the important bit – only items in the Gift-Giving Guide will qualify you for a free punch.